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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Polytheism? | The worship of gods. |
| What kind of powers did Sumerian believe their gods possessed? | Gods of harvest, disastrous floods, illness, good health, and wealth. |
| Why did priests gain high status in Sumer? | People relied on them to help gain the gods favor. |
| What was Sumer's social hierarchy? | The division of society by rank or class. |
| What were men and women's roles? | Men held political power and made laws. Women took care of home and children. |
| What is the difference between urban and rural? | The countryside and the city. |
| What were city-states? | A city and the countryside around it. The amount of countryside controlled depended on military strength. |
| How did the city-states get along with each other? | Badly because the city-states fought over water. |
| How was Sargon able to build the first empire? | He began a war that defeated the city-states of Sumer and conquered them. |
| What is an empire? | A land with different territories and peoples under a single rule. |